Dream Finders Homes, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Dream Finders Homes, Inc. had return on equity of 16.3%, a net margin of 5.0% and debt equal to 112.7% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 13.8% | 15.1% | 16.3% | 18.6% | 19.7% | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 7.0% | 6.3% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 7.5% | 5.0% | 3.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.7% | 8.3% | 3.2% | −1.0% | 9.9% | −6.3% | −2.9% | −3.9% |
| Return on equity | — | — | 30.2% | 50.2% | 37.7% | 30.9% | 16.3% | 10.3% |
| Return on assets | — | 10.8% | 9.2% | 12.3% | 12.0% | 11.4% | 6.2% | 3.8% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.55 | 1.46 | 1.57 | 1.52 | 1.51 | 1.23 | 1.08 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 103.3% | 112.7% | 126.9% |
| Effective tax rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 16.9% | 23.0% | 23.9% | 22.2% | 23.5% | 24.3% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 8.5% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 8.9% | 11.2% | 11.4% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 70.3% | 118.8% | 51.3% | −12.6% | 124.9% | −84.1% | −58.2% | −110.3% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 7.0% | 8.3% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 1.5% | 2.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −22.1% | 19.4% | −4.8% | −6.8% | −14.0% | 11.2% | −6.2% | −10.1% |
| Debt to equity | — | 103.3% | — | — | 128.6% | 112.7% | 133.5% | 126.9% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 10.1% | 7.5% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 11.3% | 10.3% | 12.5% | 12.1% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities The company doesn't report a short-term split. Not assessable.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $203m of cash against $1.8bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 127% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 1% to 127% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$138m of operating cash flow against $1.8bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Dream Finders Homes's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 15 / 20
Net income has been a median 9.7% of total assets over 6 years.
- Durability 8 / 20
Net margin has been a median 7.1%; its worst year was 3.5%.
- Cash conversion 3 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 6 years, at a median -1.2% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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